ground beetle
Americannoun
noun
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any beetle of the family Carabidae, often found under logs, stones, etc, having long legs and a dark coloration
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any beetle of the family Tenebrionidae, feeding on plants and plant products
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any of various other beetles that live close to or beneath the ground
Etymology
Origin of ground beetle
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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Ingo Arndt captured the red wood ants efficiently dismembering a blue ground beetle to carry into their nest.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2024
In 2015, one of Britain's largest beetles - the striking blue ground beetle - was discovered in Wales for the first time in woodland near Skewen, Neath Port Talbot.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2020
As the visitors snapped photos on their cellphones, Bier spotted a ground beetle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2017
She has a tattoo of a praying mantis on her left shoulder, a South African ground beetle on her left biceps and, below her left shoulder, her first tattoo, a mosquito.
From Chicago Tribune ● Oct. 27, 2014
That made Emma think of trying to find other passengers; and she picked up a great ground beetle, and put him aboard.
From The Nursery, March 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 3 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers by Various
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